Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blike

/blaɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
blike
IPA
/blaɪk/
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To shine; gleam.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English bliken, from Old English blīcan (“to shine, glitter, dazzle, sparkle, twinkle”), from Proto-West Germanic *blīkan, from Proto-Germanic *blīkaną (“to gleam, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Compare blick.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: bliken, blīcan, *blīkan, *blīkaną, *bʰel-

Usage

Inflected Forms

blikes (present, singular) bliking (participle, present) bliked (past) bloke (past) bliked (participle, past) bloke (participle, past) blicken (participle, past)

Frequently Paired Words

bleach bleak blicant blick blicken bliken

Rhymes With

like mike strike unlike bike alike spike hike dog spike dislike rail spike mic

Questions

How do you pronounce blike?
The recorded pronunciation is /blaɪk/.
What does blike mean?
To shine; gleam.
Where does blike come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce blike

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